BMW E92 M3 drivers have left 13 tyre reviews on Tyre Reviews, covering 259,003 miles of real world driving. Every tyre they rated is ranked below, so you can see what actually works on this car. The numbers include 1 E92 M3 variants, listed further down.
The rankings above can only speak for tyres a BMW E92 M3 driver has already reviewed. These are the highest rated tyres we hold that are actually manufactured in the sizes these drivers run - 265/35 R19, 265/40 R18 and 275/35 R19 - whether or not anyone here has fitted them yet. They are ranked on the TR Score, which is built from independent test results and every owner review of that tyre.
Winter tyres
No BMW E92 M3 driver has reviewed a tyre in the Winter category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Pirelli P Zero Winter 2 is our highest rated, at 9.8 out of 10.
Highest rated Winter tyres made in BMW E92 M3 sizes
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best Winter Tyres →Test winner: Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3
Summer tyres
No BMW E92 M3 driver has reviewed a tyre in the Summer category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Continental SportContact 7 is our highest rated, at 9.7 out of 10.
Highest rated Summer tyres made in BMW E92 M3 sizes
No BMW E92 M3 driver has reviewed a tyre in the All Season category yet. Of the ones made in this car's sizes, the Michelin CrossClimate 3 Sport is our highest rated, at 9.6 out of 10.
Highest rated All Season tyres made in BMW E92 M3 sizes
Want test data as well as owner opinion? Best All Season Tyres →Test winner: Goodyear Vector All Season 4
Fitment comes from each tyre's manufactured size list, and the sizes are the ones drivers reported when they reviewed. Check the size, load index and speed rating on your own doorplate before buying - a size a previous owner ran is not always the size your car left the factory on.
Every tyre reviewed on the BMW E92 M3
The complete record, including discontinued tyres and tyres with too few reviews to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. A further 7 tyres have a single review each; they count toward the totals but are not listed.
Purchased these for my 2008 BMW E92 M3. They were recommended on an M3 facebook page by multiple people as a decent value alternative to Michelins etc. Some people even said they were better than the flagship premium brands, so thought they were worth a go!
Initial impressions were ok, but over the space of a few weeks started to notice their flaws. I found that even when you engaged a little bit of power (not flooring the pedal) the traction light would regularly light up. This was not the case with the outgoing Michelins PS4's. I also found in the wet they did not give much confidence. In dry condition they are improved, but certainly not in the same league as Goodyear Eagle F1's, PS4/PS5's etc. That I could somewhat live with given their price...but regretted not buying Michelin or Continentals.
What I have found really poor though is the wear....and reading the reviews here I am clearly not the only one! They have only lasted about 6k miles and it is not driven particularly hard. This is roughly half, maybe closer to a third of the life of the outgoing Michelins. Having also had PS5's on a Mercedes A35 AMG that have lasted 20k miles and that is AWD, along with PS4's on a 335d Tourer Xdrive lasting 17k miles, these fall seriously short.
So therefore they really are false economy. Not only do they somewhat impede the performance of a powerful car (and that's what they seem to be aimed at), if they only last 30-50% of that of a Michelin they work out to be quite expensive!
Very good tyre in terms of feeling and progressivity. Easy to slide and very predictable.
Low traction by low temperature (below 15° Celsius), needs proper warm up to grip. Not faster than road speed limits under the rain, but not scary.
Wears quickly if you use them often on the limit, which the tyre pushes you to do!
Overall impression
I've used them for 2 autocross/gymkhana sessions and 1 race day. In terms of outright performance, it is up there with the likes of RE71R. It is nearly 40% off the price of RE71R where I live, you can surely guess my future purchase decision.
Dry grip
Like many extreme performance tires, you do need to know an optimal cold pressure and put enough heat into it in order to feel the grip. RS4s are quite resistant to heat, and lateral grip is one of a kind as it does have a thick sidewall. Grip was consistent over two hours of moderately paced race day.
Wet grip
Wet grip is phenomenal and will save you from 100km/h+ to dead stop in a very short distance without locking up the tyres. It quickly regains grip from an oversteer in 3rd gear as long as you sensibly modulate throttle. Just make sure you have enough tire pressure as tires will not heat up to an optimal temperature on a cold wet surface.
Wear
What impressed me most was the tire wear as I've done enough donuts during the autocross sections and race day was essentially a 2-hour endurance race. Tyres still show over 90% of life left. However, it should be noted that ambient temperature was around 10~20.
Comfort
It will have road noise (like your hub bearing is gone) but it isn't as bad as RS-RR I've briefly used. Moderate to loud music volume will hide them.
These tyres are designed for the newer M3/M4/M5, all of which I've driven on this tyre and liked. However, after putting a set on my e92 M3 (2010 Competition Pack) I could not believe how much worse the car felt than on the standard Michelin PS2. Overall grip was increased for sure, but road feedback and progressiveness was terrible.
The car hopped over bumps that it previously was not upset by, even on worn tyres. The turn in characteristics were far more vague, and the rear of the car felt disconnected. There was a feeling that the sidewall was flexing, making it difficult to feel when a movement at the back of the car was indeed the tyre breaking away, or just movement within the tyre. Not confidence inspiring at all.
I contacted Michelin directly and their technical manager called me back within hours. Many workarounds were suggested such as adjusting pressures and alignment/camber settings, but these made little difference. Michelin agreed to replace them with PS2's at no cost.
Great customer service from Michelin, but not a tyre I would ever recommend using on the e92. Those who have, and are saying the tyre is great, must not drive their car anywhere near the limit of adhesion, because honestly it was borderline scary.
I had sport contact 5 on my m3 when I bought it, and I have had them on my previous 330ci and did rate them, so replaced them with BMW recommended super sports. A much better tyre, my previous favorite was Goodyear eagle f1 assy 2 and these are even better than them. Far better grip on wet and dry. I cannot really comment on the wear as I have driven quite aggressively and have only covered 5k miles.
Michelins are far better than the Continentals it came on. Not in the same league for grip, feel or wet weather. Felt I had to take it easy on the Contis whereas Michelin I feel at ease with . Tried to buy PS 3. However size not available when needed!! Only drawback - wear!! Only 8-9 k. However you get what you pay for. 245/35 front 265/35 rear
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